Posts by JWdaughter

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Spanish-Language mosque is welcoming Latino converts.

by James Mixon in

the associated press by allan turner.. this is a interesting turn of events, people grounded in catholicism i'am surprised.. latinos now comprise almost 40 percent of the population in texas and 20 percent in the.

u.s. pew reports that almost 1 in 4 identify themselves as former catholics.

second half of the century, islam is projected to become the world's dominant religion.. now, with the opening early this year of centro islamico, texas'-and possibly the nation's-only.

JWdaughter

There are people of all descents that come to our country and harm others. It only seems to matter when they are Muslim or Hispanic. I guess you can make of that what you will. A criminal Arab(or any variation of brown who might be assumed to be Muslim because of general origins but) who turns out to be Christian or something else quickly disappears from the headlines once their religion is confirmed to NOT be Muslim

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Latest UPDATE UK Charity Commission investigation

by darkspilver in

latest update from 18 july 2016. good afternoon,.

i am writing to give you a quick update about our ongoing statutory inquiries into safeguarding and charities linked to jehovah’s witnesses.. as you may know, one of our inquiries is into watch tower bible and tract society of britain.

we opened this inquiry in 2014. watch tower then initiated what turned out to be protracted litigation against us.

JWdaughter

Print newspapers are a dying breed-they will need other funding because the digital world has changed the face of journalism forever. About 9 years ago I lost a job in the newspaper industry as I was edged out by electronic proofs that made my boss's job much less personnel intensive and she could take on more of my pre-proofs job. . . which was bogus. I really loved working at the newspaper.:( It turns out that my entire department (originally 6 people) was eliminated ultimately, other than the supervisor.

Printing is a business and any of you watching the WTBTS saga with the electronic age knows that internet is edging out the literal printed word in a very real way. If you look at electronic news-even "real" sites like the NY Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian---the spelling and grammar is a disgrace to journalism. It has changed our world.

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Spanish-Language mosque is welcoming Latino converts.

by James Mixon in

the associated press by allan turner.. this is a interesting turn of events, people grounded in catholicism i'am surprised.. latinos now comprise almost 40 percent of the population in texas and 20 percent in the.

u.s. pew reports that almost 1 in 4 identify themselves as former catholics.

second half of the century, islam is projected to become the world's dominant religion.. now, with the opening early this year of centro islamico, texas'-and possibly the nation's-only.

JWdaughter

I'm in Houston and we have a lot of Hispanic Muslims here. There is a jummah in Spanish here already, I think, but not a whole mosque. There is a Ladies Mosque in the works, too. "The pink mosque" which I think is kind of trite, but I guess it keeps it clear. . .

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Watchtower requests sexual abuse suit to be dismissed

by StarTrekAngel in

http://www.reformer.com/latestnews/ci_30235457/bellows-falls-jehovahs-witnesses-ask-court-toss-lawsuit.

JWdaughter

I don't see how the WT is responsible for this case. If it happened to another child, that child might possibly, but even so. . .

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Fooled me once--twice---ain't gonna happen thrice

by eyeuse2badub in

fooled me once---shame on you!

fooled me twice---shame on me!

fooled me thrice---ain’t gonna ever happen!.

JWdaughter

I'm sure that your marriage did a 180 once you started devoting all that time, love and attention to your spouse, instead of the organization. It's too bad that she is buying into their nonsense.

If the marriage survived and moved on, I am sure you are not pulling the adultery card out whenever you disagree-or the marriage would not have survived. People, even those who love God (however they love God) can make a mistake and it doesn't make everything they do thereafter hypocritical if it is related to following their faith. It's a shame that some would think that alone should shut down any conversations. Obviously it is a part of your story, but it seems to be a lynchpin of YOU coming to your senses about the religion, not your wife. Was she DF'd? I ask because it seems that those who are DF'd and fight their way back in are all the more adamant about the non-truth after they are reinstated.

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JW broadcasting and doubts

by Colinconfused in

hi everyone to cut a long story short, ive been away from the meetings for over 10 years.

i recently reconnected with the congregation and started a study.

cant get my head around all the changes and jw broadcasting.

JWdaughter

Colin, my mom was an irregular attender until she had kids. Then she "got serious". Please don't do that to yourself or your children.

My mom has 3 kids who don't believe as she does. She is regularly cutting one or the other of us (or our kids) off. It is a bully organization and I don't think she believes ANY of it other than that the JWs are better than the rest (lesser of the evils, I guess) For that, she has limited her life, her joy and her experience. Don't do that to you, your partner or your beautiful kids. You want to teach the about Jesus? You can teach them how to follow his good examples (beatitudes, etc) without teaching them to follow any religious doctrine. JWs and others don't get the difference between following Jesus and following a organization or men. Learn what Jesus had to say and leave off the rest of it. Its just religion, it has nothing to do with faith.

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Trolley cart "witnessing" is getting ridiculous

by oppostate in

i really fail to see how much actual "witnessing" is occurring with the trolley carts.publishers, usually pioneers, just stand or sit there not engaging anyone and count their time.. the only thing i notice that it's accomplishing is brand exposure for jw.0rg so the public is exposed to the logo and literature/poster card headlines.. take for example this "evening" witnessing by a pioneer elder while on summer holiday/vacation.. .

is this not a wth kinda moment when you consider the years of slaving, knocking on doors, business territory and bible studies we had to keep performing so we weren't branded a "weak" publisher?.

JWdaughter

seriously, is this Photoshopped?

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Ask An Elder

by BeeEmBee in

ok, 4 questions sprang to mind in light of the recent elders letter.. if you get to the kingdom hall and its on fire, brother a says he saw brother b set it ablaze purposely, .

who do you call first and why?

if you get to the kingdom hall and the sound system has been stolen, sister a says she saw brother b loading it onto his van,.

JWdaughter

Ok, 4 questions sprang to mind in light of the recent elders letter. If you get to the kingdom hall and its on fire, brother A says he saw brother B set it ablaze purposely, Who do you call first and why?

911, silly!

If you get to the kingdom hall and the sound system has been stolen, sister A says she saw brother B loading it onto his van, Who do you call first and why?

Bro B to mention that the others saw him removing it and ask when he plans on bringing it back. Maybe bro. B is getting it repaired. No reason to go all judicial on the guy!

If you get to the kingdom hall and there's a dead body on the platform with blood everywhere and brother A says he saw sister B commit the murder,Who do you call first and why?

911, dude, there's a dead body on the platform. After the cops are done THEN you call the brother in charge of crime scene cleanups (you know there is a brother who does that professionally, right?) to tell him of the opportunity he has to provide his services as "an offering to Jehovah". First things first.

So, if you get to the kingdom hall and a little one is claiming that brother or sister so and so has sexually abused them, Who do you call first and why?

Bethel, of course! They need to know for their records.

(Now sing along if you know it) One of these things is not like the other, 3 of these things are kinda the same,

can ya tell which thing is not like the other by the time we finish the game

Now, now, you know that the elders can't answer THAT one. . .its not in any elder's manual!

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Updates and fixes

by Simon in

i thought i'd spend some time cleaning up the forum code and wanted to let you know about some of the recent changes and fixes:.

the avatars and in-post images used to use a separate imaging service which was convenient but didn't provide much control over caching which meant that each day you visited the site you were probably re-downloading those images again.

as they are immutable they can be cached for a long time which saves bandwidth and speeds things up.

JWdaughter

Simon, most of what you wrote in the OP was Greek to me (actually, probably understand Greek, Arabic and Urdu a little better!), but I did notice that I can no longer "Like" a post more than once. A little red circle with a line through it now shows up-which is good. I do appreciate all your work and efforts on this site.

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Trenton NJ Convention... Some Brief mpressions

by Room 215 in

peak attendance (sunday): 5,645; 26 baptized.

general impression: "convention light"-- i.e.

entertainment value:(previously nil) now enhanced by leavening the boring talks with interspersed video.

JWdaughter

Less than 1/2 of 1%. Works for me.